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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This makes my heart hurt to think that any parent believe that Montessori is a good choice for children =(   Probably parents who followed Babywise too.[/quote]

Amazing.  What an ignorant stereotype.  You are one of those people seem to think that there is only one right way to do things.  I hope that what you feel is the "right" form of education suits your children and the way that they learn.  If not, then it makes my heart hurt to think that you believe that your type of school is a good choice for your children when it really isn't.

I have twins who thrive in Montessori.  We picked the school because one of the twins is extremely focused when he's learning about something.  He had issues with the normal play-based daycares that would let them play X amount of time and then all the children had circle time to review Y (letters, shapes, numbers, whatever).  But when he wasn't finished looking at the book or toy that he was working on, he had a big problem when he was told to put it away and join circle time.  Or when he was working on a puzzle and was told that he had to put it away to eat snack because everyone was eating snack.   He's now in Montessori and he gets to pick the projects he works on, how long he spends on it.  Yes, he is guided in the key lessons that he is supposed to learn, but contrary to what so many think, he is not told that there is only one way to use the project and that anything else is wrong.  In his school, he is allowed to explore the project any way he wants as long as a part of using the project is that he learns the lesson that the Montessori method teaches.  If the goals is to move the blue marbles to the bowl with the tongs to develop motor skills, he can still count the marbles and separate them into two piles as long as before he puts it away, he does the part about moving them so that he develops his fine motor skills.  He has thrived and learned so much more when he is in control of what he does and how long he works on a project.  He has teachers that note his intensity and help him use that to focus on the lessons to be learned, but give him the freedom to be as thorough as he wants.  The play-based school was not a good fit for him, but this is.   I understand that there is no form of teaching that is a good fit for everyone, but I also understand that the right Montessori school can be wonderful for some students like ours is for our children.

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